LEWIS, C.S. (1898-1963), [BAYNES, Pauline, illustrator].The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950. - FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp173. Elegantly rebound in full dark green oasis morocco leather with spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, with publisher's original cloth spine bound in at rear. Internally very clean. Binding is fine. A striking copy of the book that began the ever popular craze of climbing in and out of strange people's wardrobes in the vain hope that one might encounter a short man with very hairy legs. A must for turkish delight fetishists everywhere. Connolly; Children's Modern Firsts [p182]. Listed in Time Magazine's 100 Best Modern Novels, also The Times' NovelList Top 60 Poll [2013] [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

Photo Album]: Palestinian Refugees in Jordan 1950 - Oblong octavo. String tied green cloth. Blank black leaves with tissue guards for each page. Small label on rear pastedown of "Persekian, Book-Binder / Box-Maker, New Gate, Jerusalem." Near fine with slight wear on the boards; the images fine. 19 glossy gelatin silver photos, each approximately 4" x 6", mounted one per leaf. The majority captioned in English with white album pen. The images depict Palestinian refugees being given aid at Kasr el Halibat [Qasr Al-Hallabat], Jordan by the Near East Combined Committee for Refugee Work (also known by its acronym NECCRW). The images show Bedouin children and adults happily collecting their goats or textiles, Sheiks of the Othman Bedouin meeting with NECCCRW representatives and the desert patrol, and Bedouin camps. While the images are relatively few, they are well-done and show a little documented element of the upheaval in the region. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

SAYCO, Larry1950s Yo-Yo Champion Archive 1950-1971. An archive of 1950s Yo-Yo Champion Lawrence Sayco with more than 300 photographs of him performing and traveling around the United States, Europe, Australia, Philippines, and Hong Kong to promote Duncan Yo-Yos. Along with programs, flyers, original art, and assorted ephemera related to his promotional tour. The photographs range from 2.75" x 2.25" to 8" x 10". Overall near fine with only light wear to the photographs and scattered toning and tears to the ephemera. .

Hussey, Christopher and A.S.G. ButlerThe Lutyens Memorial - 4 vols: The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens (1 Vol); The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens - Vol I, Country Houses; Vol II, Gardens, etc.; Vol III, Town and Public Buildings, etc. London: Country Life Limited. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1950. First. Hardback. Please note that this is a very heavy item and will require extra postage.; Vol I: The Life... Dk green, thick buckram boards (no d/jkt), with bevelled edges; a trifle marked; titling on spine worn, but legible. B/w photos. (Book size: 4to (8" x 10"); laid in is a transcript of a review of these books broadcast on the BBC Third Programme 19.5.1951. Vols I-III, The Architecture... Plain off-white d/jkts, very worn; dk green, thick dk green buckram boards generally bright, with bevelled edges. Lower corners of Vol I slightly bumped. Binding on these vols tight. B/w photos. The ultimate guide to one of modern England's greatest architects. NB although there is no written documentation, it can be verified that this set came from the library of the late Sir Nikolaus Pevsner.; 4to (12 1/2" x 16 1/2"); 602, 61+CX, 52+CXXI, 59+CVII + photos pages .

NERUDA, Pablo.Let the Rail Splitter Awake and other poems. New York: Masses & Mainstream Inc., 1950 - Octavo. Original tan wrappers printed in black and white. Some light rubbing and tanning to the wrappers but a very nice copy. First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the title page, "To the Partisans of Peace in Canada Pablo Neruda Vienna Diciembre 1952". The book was inscribed by Neruda at the World Congress of People for Peace which was held in Vienna in 1952. Neruda was one of a number of leading writers attending. [Attributes: First Edition]

Bradbury, RayThe Martian Chronicles Doubleday & Co., 1950 INSCRIBED first edition (1950 stated on title and copyright page), inscribed on the front free end paper. "For Steve With The Good Wishes Of A Martian Named Ray Bradbury Nov. 1966." Book in very good condition, some soiling on covers, front and rear end papers, first few pages at top and side, and along one part of fore edges of pages; dark green pen line on back cover next to spine; spine and edges of covers lightly faded. Dj in very good condition, some minor chipping; some sun-fading on spine to rear. Book comes in custom-made slipcase. We will provide a certificate of authenticity.. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

LEWIS, C.S. (1898-1963), [BAYNES, Pauline, illustrator].The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950., 1950. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp173. Elegantly rebound in full dark green oasis morocco leather with spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, with publisher's original cloth spine bound in at rear. Internally very clean. Binding is fine. A striking copy of the book that began the ever popular craze of climbing in and out of strange people's wardrobes in the vain hope that one might encounter a short man with very hairy legs. A must for turkish delight fetishists everywhere. Connolly; Children's Modern Firsts [p182]. Listed in Time Magazine's 100 Best Modern Novels, also The Times' NovelList Top 60 Poll [2013]

polish comunity schoolNEPWA POLISH 1St year school reader WINNIPEG: A.HHOMIK, 1950 Known to its aboriginal dwellers as a good hunting and gathering area, Neepawa in fact means "Land of Plenty" in the Cree language. Early fur traders and settlers knew Neepawa as an area of stable lcimate, good soils and abundant harvests. When the Province of Manitoba was established in 1870, the Neepawa area lay within what was then known as "The Northwest Territories", just to the west of the postage stamp province. During the next 30 years, a wave of settlers descended upon the area. The feverish activity established the framework on which the present day community was built. The first settlers came from the British Isles and groups of Eastern European settlers soon followed. The most notable of these was the Hun's Valley Settlement, a colony of Polish and Hungarian settlers.

Beatty, W[illiam] B[lake]Some Notes on No. 26 San Francisco, CA: Three Fingers Press, 1950. Soft Cover. Very Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Book shows a publication date of 1950, but it was actually released in 1951. Handcrafted, string bound, heavy card wrappers with 14 uncut leaves upon which are mounted a number of original photographs and ephemera relating to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad's heavy Ten-Wheeler locomotive, No. 26. Very nice shape. There are over 20 original photographs and significant pieces of ephemera that "have with loving care been gathered, collated, hand set, pasted, bound up and cursed into book form . . . on the first anniversary of the demise of V & T No. 26." The book includes a signed 3-page essay about the demise of small railroads and a description of the loss of the No. 26 in an engine-house fire in 1950. Photographs include images of the train at work as well as its flaming destruction. The ephemera includes a 1876 V&T bank check, a 1878 invoice, a timetable, and a bill of lading. The author was a mining engineer and research mineralogist who worked for the Aurora Creek Gold Mining Company and at Stanford University's School of Mineral Sciences, where he published a number of scholarly articles and monographs. A rabid rail fan, Beatty focused his hobby on the railroads of Nevada and Eastern California. Although unspecified, the distribution of this work was no doubt quite limited. Very scarce. As of 2016, no examples are listed in OCLC, no auction records are reported by ABPC or Rare Book Hub, and only one other copy is for sale (for $2,000) in the trade.

Lewis, C S The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe Geoffrey Bles, London, 1950 Very good in a very good dust jacket. First U.K. edition, First published 1950 stated on copyright page. Dust jacket shows original price of 8s. 6d. Book has very minor soiling on covers, sun-fading along spine and cover edges. Jacket is in very good condition with minor wear, small closed tear at the bottom of front cover, some repair done at top and bottom of spine. Comes housed in a custom-made slip case.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

SWIFT, JonathanA VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT AND A VOYAGE TO BROBDINGNAG MADE BY LEMEUL GULLIVER Limited Editions Club, New York 1950 - Two volumes bound in half red linen and pictorial boards. Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed in red and black with one book measuring 18-1/2" x 13-1/2" (a "miniature book" for Brobdingnagians) and the other 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" (an "elephant folio" for Lilliputans). Both volumes ingeniously slipcased in one box. Each is copy #709 of 1500, and each is SIGNED by the designer with his initials. One of the more imaginatively designed books of the press. Form letter from publisher George Macy laid in. Spines sunned with very mild rubbing to tips. Slipcase with usual wear and wrinkling but still quite sturdy. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

Bradbury, RayThe Martian Chronicles Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950 Very good in a very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Original price of $2.50 printed on front flap of dust jacket. Comes housed in a custom slipcase. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Berkeley Artist.Bird's Eye View of the Doe and Bancroft Libraries, Berkeley. Berkeley: 1950 - Watercolor. 15 x 22 inches. Unsigned. On the verso is a design for a poster of a refinery, entitled "Industry"

Auden, W.H.The Enchafed Flood: Or the Romantic Iconography of the Sea, Three Critical Essays on the Romantic Spirit Random House 1950 - First edition signed by Auden on the title page in black ink, crossing-out his printed name. 154 p. Seagreen cloth with white lettering. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Slight wear at foot. Head of jacket spine panel has a thin tear, spine panel darkened, a bit toned, price intact ($2.50). A signed copy of a collection of three lectures by the American poet: "The Sea and the Desert," "The Stone and the Shell," and "Ishmael - Don Quixote." [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

LENNON, John]Six Modern One-Act Plays London: University of London Press 1950 - FIRST EDITION, thus. SIGNED BY JOHN LENNON. Octavo, pp.160. Publisher's softcovers. Some soiling and associated reading wear. An interesting school text-book borrowed by Lennon whilst a student at Quarry Bank School, Liverpool. Lennon has signed the lending stamp to the inside cover 'J[ohn] W[inston] Lennon, IVC', and dated this '1955'. The details have been crossed through by the subsequent reader in 1961-2. This signed library book represents an especially early autograph from the future Beatle, at this time aged just 14; 'The Quarrymen' band was formed by John aged 15 and was named after the high school noted within this volume. Music aside, the subject of the book has a clear link to his later career as a dramatist; Lennon co-wrote the play 'A Spaniard In the Works' with Victor Spinetti and starred in the film 'How I Won the War'. An important item, accompanied by a statement of provenence from Paul Wane one of the world's most respected Beatles specialists. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

Lewis, C.S.; Illustrated by Pauline BaynesThe Chronicles of Narnia Set: The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, The Last Battle. Copy Geofrey Bles 1950-1956, London - First British editions of each of the seven volumes in the author's acclaimed Narnia Series. Octavo, 7 volumes. Each is finely bound in full red morocco, raised bands, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Illustrations throughout by Pauline Baynes. Octavo, seven volumes. An exceptional set. The Chronicles of Narnia is "unforgettable not only for the excitement and suspense of the adventures but also for the strong emotions they describe so well [and they are] further enriched by Lewis' skillful use of language" (Silvey, 406). "Each book has something new and different to offer and there is no weakening of either inspiration or interest" (Eyre, 132). It is interesting that Lewis' inspiration came from a dream: "At first I had very little idea how the story would go. But then suddenly Aslan came bounding into it. I think I had been having a good many dreams of lions about that time[O]nce he was there, he pulled the whole story together, and soon he pulled the six other Narnian stories in after him (On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature, 1980). Lewis was "concerned to do for children what he had done for an adult readership in his science fiction to re-imagine thestory in an exciting narrative context [The Narnia books are] intoxicating to all but the most relentlessly unimaginative of readers, and must be judged the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author" (Carpenter & Pritchard, 370). [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]